Not necessarily-- remember: one of the strengths of the open model is that there is (very) strong and healthy competition, so the best tech usually ends up winning out. If everyone works on the same project, they'll usually all have the same ideas - and new ideas won't be so easy to introduce.

If there are features/ideas which are missing from an app that you use, report them to the author - if the author ignores them without good reason, then you are probably using the wrong app.